Sentence examples for tarried from inspiring English sources

Days before the arrival of Hillary Clinton, America's secretary of state, and smack dab in the middle of confusions to do with the custody of Chen Guangcheng, the boffins in charge of America's foreign affairs have made things much tougher than they might have done, had they tarried for some weeks or months.

In a sense, the longer God tarried, the more humans took over his job of bringing about the perfect kingdom.

Iain tarried on regardless, however, and the Swiss roll cracked.

They tarried in the North for two months, visiting Wordsworth in the Lake District, and also one of his neighbors, a young poet just setting out on his career: Matthew Arnold.

So he tarried for the Lord, which means shouting "Thank you, Jesus!" and "Hallelujah!" until you receive the gift of tongues.

For too long have we tarried in the dismal sunless cities of the East.

Already, each of the village's ramshackle homes accommodates up to 20 refugees.If there are able-bodied men among the displaced, they do not tarry long.

It is a bad sign that the Congress, beholden to lobbies, is tarrying over the simple matter of equalising student loans.

For James Ching, a former deputy attorney general in California, Judge Carney's opinion is "quixotic" and errs by attributing all the tarrying to California state courts when federal courts are responsible for "46.2% of the total delay and dysfunction".

The justices may be tarrying simply because they have a lot to consider.

The president is not tarrying in order to bring himself glory or riches or to ransack the liberties of the American people.